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J. W. RAMSEY.

HYDRANT AND PLUG.

No. 300,282. Patented June 10, 1884.

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JOHN .IV. RAMSEY, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN CORBUS, OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRANT AND PLUG.

SPBGIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,282, dated June 10, 1884.

Application filed February 14, 1584. (No model.) I

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Be it known that I, JOHN \V. RAMSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the cou nty of Beaver and State otPena sylvania, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Fire-Plugs or Hydrants; and I do hereby declare the following to be a 7 full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Figure l is a vertical central section of a fire plug or hydrant, to which my improvements have been applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the frame or standard B, to which the operating parts are attached. (Shown in a reverse position from that illustrated in Fig. 1.)

My invention has for its object the employment of a powerful and direct means for securing the turning on of the water, no matter in what direction the operating-wheel may be turned To secure this object, my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of a handwheel, worm-wheel and shaft meshing with a gear-wheel whose arbor carries a cam or eccentric adapted to operate within a yoke, to give the latter a vertical motion, and which yoke carries the valve-rod. A novel packing 0 and valve-seat combined is also used in the valve-chamber.

I will now describe my improvement more particularly in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings.

To the valve-chamber I, which communicates with the street-main or other pipe by its nozzle, is secured the pipe A by means of flanges and bolts. interposed between the contiguous flanges of the pipe A and chamber F o is packing IV, preferably made of rubber,

which serves the double purpose of apackingjoint and a valveseat for thevalve G. The upper part of pipe A is provided with the outlet X.

S is a cap on the upper end of pipe A, se cured thereon by suitable flange-connections; and it constitutes,'togethcr with the adjusting-nut It, a, stuffing-box for the valve-rod C, where it passes upward out of the pipe A.

The valve G has the usual guide-wings, and

the valve-rod is adjustable, with relation to the valve and the yoke I, by means of nuts to a upon the upper threaded end of the rod. The vertical motion of the yoke I and its valverod connection for opening and closing the valve G is attained by means of an eccentric, H, keyed upon the shaft K. This shaft is mounted in the standard B, and carries a toothed gear, L, which meshes with a worm, P, formed upon the shaft N. This shaft N is mounted upon the standard in suitable bear ings, and carries the operating hand-wheel O. The standard B, which carries the above-' operating parts, is bolted to the cap S on the top oft-hepipc A. The upper arch of thestandard is pierced with an opening for the reception of the square stem or dowel-pin i, which is cast or formed with the yoke I. This stem serves the purpose of a guide, and also prevents any lateral movement of the yoke.

To the yoke I is affixed a. pin, T, to which is attached an auxiliary valve-rod, U, to the lower end of which is pivoted the lever-arm of the valve or cock V. This cock is operated in conjunction with the valve G, the arrangement being such that when the valve G is opened the cock 'V will remain closed, and vice versa, the latter serving to drain the pipe A when the water-supply is cut off, in order to prevent freezing.

Thejacket E is generally cast in halves, and surrounds the pipe A below the ground-level. The annular flange 1; may either be cast sepa rately or with the pipe A. It surmounts the jacket E, and serves as a baseplate, upon which the cylindrical cover I) rests.

\Vhen it is desired to let on the water, the hand-wheel O is turned, it matters not whether to the right or left, when, through the action of the worm P, gear L, cam H, and yoke I, the valve-rod C is forced downward, and the valve G opened againstthc head of water, the cock V being at the sanietime closed by its valve rod U attached to the'same yoke.

In fire-plugs, especially where it is neces- 95 sary to open a large valve against the head of water in the main, it has been found difficult to open such plugs with the facility which the urgency of the case demands. This difficulty arises from several causes, among which, in 100 stance, is shown in the patent to B. E. Lehman, No. 156,578; and I therefore do not claim that hr0ad1y,-hnt only in connection with the gearwheel, worm, and hand-wheel for securing a powerful mechanism for instantly unseating the valve against the pressure in the main.

\Vhat I claim is- In a fire-plug 0r hydrant, the valve G, the valve-rod G, the yoke I, attached to the valve red, the shaft K, carrying the cam H and the gear L, and the shaft N, carrying the handwheel 0 and the worm I, the latter meshing with the gear L, and the whole arranged to act in combination, for the purpose substantially herein specified.

In testimony whereof I affixmysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

J OHN XV. RAMSEY.

Witnesses:

A. J. Lawnnncn, O. l. Wli'mnwn. 

